Pu-Quà. An Equilibrist. / Faiseur de Tours d’Equilibre. Showing his arts. Colored stipple by J. Dadley (active before 1797 – after 1803). Inscribed: Pu-Quà, Cantòn, Delin. / Dadley, London, Sculpt. 28.8 x 22.4 cm.
According to Lipperheide Le 21 after-engraving about 1810 after Dadley’s print of 1799 (Lipperheide Le 17). – With explanation sheet (with tiny hole) in German-French parallel text. – The image sheet only quite minimally spotted.
“ … no people seems to have completed the art of balancing to that degree of perfection than the Chinese. ”
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A large selection from Pu-Quà’s colored Chinese professions :
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